Improvement in horse-brushes



Nrriin STATES IMPROVEMENT lN HORSE-BRUSHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,800, dated March 14, 1876 application filed December 15, 1875.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMANN GIESECKE, of St. Louis, Missouri, have inventedv an Improved Horse-Brush, of which the following is a specification:

This invention consists in placing the brush material in rows so as to diagonally cross in the middle, and so that the points of one row shall slant in opposite direction from that of the next row, and by means whereof when one row is brushing the other is polishing, as will now more fully appear.

Of the drawing, Figure y1 is a perspective side elevation. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section.

As is well known, the ordinary make ofhorsebrushes con ists in a similarity of rows of bristles or the like, positioning same so as to be in a straight or vertical position in the cenl ter ofthe brush-back, and gradually making each additional row to assume a slight incli nation outwardly. In therefore using the brush all the rows of bristle (or the like) will act in rubbing or brushing in the saule direction. More speciticallystated, the action of the brush, say, in using it in the direction to the right, will cause the bristles to assume in action an inclination to the left, and, vice versa, in directing the brush to the left, all the bris ties will assume an inclination to the right. Much strength of action 0n the part of the brushis thus lost; further,the bristles cannot be made to pass or brush completely'through the hair of the animal, and reach, as they should, the skin. K

In order, therefore, to overcome the said defects in the use of the ordinary brushes, and especially to achieve a better brushing action, and so that the operator or user can in less time, with less labor and expense, brush or use brushes of this class- My invention consists as follows A represents the brush-back as ordinary. a represents the bristles or other ordinary brush material. I also require to drill holes or form seats for the bristles, 8vo., as well as use wire or the like fastening. b represents the outside row positioned and fastened in the brushback as usual.

My improvement consists in the peculiar arrangement of the rows of bristles a, and is as follows: Let b1 represent the next inner row, (after 11,) and as shown in Fig. l. This row I arrange in a diagonal position, and so that its points are, say, to th(l right. The next row, b2, I arrange reverse to that of b1, that is, also diagonally, butlthat its points shall be in the direction to the left, and as indicated in Fig. 1. Further, the rows b1 and b2 (from aside view) cross in the middle, (see igures,) and this brings their ends or points in opposite directions to each other. l

In Fig. 2 (the brush being represented with the points upward) the row b2 inclines to the left, while that of b1 inclines to the right, crossinglikewise in the center, and presenting opposite-directed points. In this wayI arrange every succeedingrow, viz., so that the diagonal crossing inthe middle is had, and the points of the brush point reversely. Every alternate row of bristles becomes thus, when used, a brusher and polisher-that is, while one row brushes, the next row smooths over.

Thisfmanner of arranging the brush material causes (noinatter in what direction the brush is used) every alternate row to be forward, and therefore the better to enter or pass into the hairy surface, while those rows in reverse position serve to polish what has so been brushed. It is to the forward-standing position of the rows that adds greater strength to the same, and facilitates greatly the brushing action to be done.

What I claim is- A horse-brush having its bristles @arranged in alternate rows 111112, the points of which slant in opposite directions, as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimonyy of said invention I have hereunto set my hand.

HERMANN GIESECKE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM W. HERTHEL, GHAs. F. MEIsNER. 

